andy, thank you. thanks for joining me. i m paula reed in for fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the u.s. announcing new actions in response to russia s, quote, barbaric and inhumane war in ukraine. vice president kamala harris and the secretary of state meeting with world leaders at the munich security conference today, formally declaring russia has committed crimes against humanity. nick, what are you hearing on the ground? reporter: there is support here in europe sharing that view that russia is committing these crimes against humanity. i think it was encouraging for the audience here in europe to hear that accountability will be held. there is a sense in europe that they need to build a system and a mechanism here in europe and there s talk about doing it in the hague in the netherlands, a traditional place where leaders can be held to account. they have been historically in the past. i think the vice president s words resonating. this is exactly how sh
the death toll from the earthquake and turkey and syria has now exceeded 46,000 and is expected to soar even higher. thousands of buildings have collapsed but turkish officials say some 90,000 other buildings are so damaged they may need to be demolished immediately. 296 hours after her building collapse, a woman is one of three rescued from the rubble. cnn s sara sidner has the story of yet another survivor who lost his wife and son in the quake, but is thankful to still have his daughter. reporter: achmed is grieving the loss of his wife and son, while clinging to the one person who willed him to stay alive. [ speaking non-english ] reporter: my daughter was telling me, papa, don t cry,
thi i have one request for you. please help me find my mother, he tells us. he and his family were trapped inside this collapsed building for 24 hours. he and his sister made it out. his mother has not been seen since. i remember the collapsing of the building, i remember passing out after a piece of the house hit me in the eye, he says. can you describe what it was like in this tight space physically for you? [ speaking non-english ] reporter: it was so difficult to breathe there. on the other hand, there was something crushing my leg, making me suffer, he says. ultimately, it was his decision to pull on a bit of the curtains that were visible to the outside that alerted someone he was alive. while he continues searching for his mother, achmed is nursing his foot injury while thanking
but rather than simply being drawn in by the extreme ideology, they re trying to find a way to escape the country s financial crisis. with the vast majority of lebanese people living in poverty, the terror group is using deprived areas as a recruiting ground to fuel its insurgency in iraq. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster reports. in the back streets of tripoli, hope is in short supply, so is food, electricity and water the very basics of life. the struggle for survival makes many people desperate, but some have taken extreme measures, joining a terror group responsible for murdering thousands. translation: i wanted to join the islamic state | because of the poverty here, then i would get close to my god and live comfortably, not worried about the cost of living. achmed, not his real name, was only 17 when he tried to join the so called islamic state online with hopes of going to iraq.